shrimp

IPA: ʃrˈɪmp

Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a long abdomen.
(uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.
(slang) A small, puny or unimportant person.
(slang, uncommon) Synonym of butterface: a person with an attractive body but unattractive face.
(soccer) A player, supporter or other person connected with Morecambe Football Club.
Initialism of sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe.

Examples of "shrimp" in Sentences

I like eating shrimp fritters.
The shrimp consumes starfish alive.
Shrimps and prawns are the main catch in the seas.
Slightly spoiled (not rotten) shrimp is also good.
In the growout phase, the shrimp are grown to maturity.
Anyway, like I was sayin ', shrimp is the fruit of the sea.
The opossum shrimp is of enormous economic value to the bay.
The shape of the shrimp plant is generally long and spindly.
The snowball shrimp is a species of shrimp sold in the aquarium trade.
The historical distribution of the conservancy fairy shrimp is not known.
The area is infested with shrimp and they are soon aware of the intruders.
A lamprey is brought in, extended in a dish, in the midst of floating shrimps.
Cook about 5 more minutes until the shrimp is fully cooked, fold in half and place on a plate.
During a cold New Year's Day trout outing, Ernie Calandrelli tossed out a leftover cocktail shrimp from the prior night's party and bagged a fat steelhead.
Another local favorite is Early Girl Eatery, where you can indulge in shrimp and grits, or a vegan tofu scramble (8 Wall St.; 828-259-9292; earlygirleatery. com).
Back in August, when the first family visited New Orleans, the President had himself a quite public shrimp po 'boy, as if to assure us all that Gulf shrimp is nothing to worry about, and I hope he's right, but the jury is definitely still out on that.